The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-07-29

Court etiquette the coaD 81 rnY..
which eneloses the sovereign ana l,aa,.
the subject at proper distance tra,
him. ItseTyes to keep the king trosa
becoming familiar with the people ana
it prevents the people from gettipo &
near the monarch as to realize chat \.
isn't anything but common man III
ter ALL" Three years ago, during
garden-party ut Buckingham Palaoa
an American couple caused quite sen.
sation by breaking through the coar,
etiquette. They pressed forward ans
shook the Queens hand, instead Il
waiting to be presented and then kiss.
ing it.
Prince Gortschakoff, who for many
years was the Prime Minister Of Bus.
sia, was noted for his observance /,
minutest points Of etiquette in his rela.
tions with the late Gear. Lord Duffa,.
in, the English ambassador, once AZ.
ed him if the Emperor's cold was hat.
ter. Bending his head and half-cIosiny
his eyes, Gortschakoff answered n
reverent tone.
His majesty has deigned TO feel
little better this morning.
1t was the characteristic obseouious.
ness which provoked the Duke de Nor.
ny to say "Gortschakoff purrs when he
speaks Of any creature at court, even Il
it be the Grand Duchess OlQas
monkey"
The Spanish court is noted for its
punctilious observance Of etiuuetta
'"They kissed the feet Of his rnaiesl-
and Withdrew" said Madrid paper.
reporting an interview Of the town
council at Servllle with. King Alfonso.
The councillors did not really get down
on all fours and kiss the kings boots.
But as members Of the cortes kiss the
royal hand, etiquette demanded that
those on lower level should be report.
ed as kissing the royal feet. The fol.
ing extract from foreign periodical d.
lustrates how costly it is to offend
Spanish etiquette:
One of the chief reasons Of the DUKE
of Aosta's unpopularity during the br
reign and before his abdieation,
that he would take no pains to study
the complicated etiquette Of the EsclSi.
al. He sought to introduce simple man
ners, in a country where even beggars
drape themselves proudly in their tas.
tered mantles and address one another
as "Senor Caballero."
In Jnw, Al 4 a - = k.,S...
he had stopped to talk on country
road under broiling sun, to put on his
hat. He forgot the fact that BY order
ing q subject to cover himself il ska
royal presence, he created him gran
dee.
Marshal Prim, who was standing By,
hastily knocked the muleteer's head
dress out of his hand, and set his foot
upon it, at the same time offering the
man some gold.
But the muleteer, who was mortally
offended, spurned the money. A few
days later, when Prim was assassinated,
a rumor was circulated among the peo-
ple--but without truth, it seems that
the mortified Tnuleteer who had narrow
ly missed becoming grandee was an
accessory to the crime.
At another time, King Amadeo incon-
siderately addressed groom Of his in
the second person singular as tu. Hap
PLY, the man was an italian, for. as a
court chamberlain represented TO His
Majesty, Spaniard spoken to with
this familiarity might have claimed that
the monarch had dubbed him cousin
that is had ennobled him.
Another thing which the much wor-
ried Italian Prince had to learn, was
that Spanish King must not sign any
letter to subject with any friendly o. (
complimentary formula, but must SIM
ply write, "Yo El Reg tI, the King).